5.1

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
19,000 miles

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problem #2

Oct 062004

Sable 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 38,000 miles
While driving to work on one of the first "cold" days this fall, my wife had the right rear window implode into the back seat. There was no apparent projectile, no forewarning other than a light crackling noise before the glass rained into the car.

- Ferguson, MO, USA

problem #1

Apr 182002

Sable

  • miles
The left rear window suddenly imploded into the car, shattering into several hundred small pieces. There was no rock or other projectile. The temperature contrast between inside and outside was not great.

- Tulsa, OK, USA